I Raised Fist sono svedesi e non californiani come i maggiori esponenti del punk-hardcore.
Lo spazio che hanno ritagliato nel cuore di chi li ascolta è maggiore di quello che hanno ritagliato i Sick Of It All e forse solo i Propagandhi con il bellissimo "Through The Ashes Of Empires" li raggiungono. Il sound che propongono è cattiveria urbana urlata contro il sistema e contro chiunque renda questo fottuto mondo una schifezza galleggiante dove vivere.
Fottutamente hardcore in questo loro ultimo album si sentono molto le influenze dei Sick Of It All, nel primo pezzo, degli Agnostic Front visti in chiave punk. La voce, se riuscirete a ricordarvelo o ad associarla, la possiamo ritrovare anche nella ben più famosa "Pain" dei Soulfly di "Primitive", è lui che rende sul ritornello. Scaricate "Back" e "Heartz Island Escapedes" perchè sono le più rappresentative del sound dell'album.
Se sti stai ascoltando i NOFX da 10 anni sentiti questi che valgono e non poco. Cito anche "Dedication" come loro album da 5.
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01 You Ignore Them All (03:32)
The conflict has been fierce from the start.
Too many people, a lot of brain, a lot of heart.
Building the foundation of violence to be.
Bloodstain on the VCR, radio and the TV.
Acting like we didn't see this coming.
Ignoring all the bombings
And the war with the king
Who's pulling the strings.
He's on top of the food chain,
But without the wings.
Without the wings.
Without the wings.
I can't (live with this)
Need to take a stand
(We need to resist.)
If nothing really happens
I'm truly ashamed
And I might start a riot
And take full blame.
Sending your judgements on the weaker, poorer,
sicker. You ignore them all because you're smaller.
And you want to put yourself up in the sky,
Can I ask you why?
[x2]
I know I should be better
but I can't take this shit
I'm just a stupid guy
I'm the first to admit.
You say you have no part.
I'm not gonna buy it.
The same type of lie,
I got a big supply of it.
Acting like we didn't see this coming.
Ignoring all the bombings
And the war with the king
Who's pulling the strings.
He's on top of the food chain,
But without the wings.
Without the wings.
Without the wings.
Sending your judgements on the weaker, poorer,
sicker. You ignore them all because you're smaller.
And you want to put yourself up in the sky,
Can I ask you why?
[x2]
03 Sunlight (03:01)
There is a storm in my heart that tears my inside apart.
It's not so smart standing in a corner when it's time for us to,
Start up this engine that took us this far,
Not reaching for the stars, you know how we are,
And we will keep it that way, just make the feeling stay,
And when we're down, we must say that this can brighten up our day.
This is the sunlight that brightens up my day.
Stepping up on stage when everything feels dull and gray.
And we can't keep this inside, how we're feeling this time.
You're half of it so we cannot quit,
keep building it up with brick after brick.
And when we go out on tour and return home
We'll be asking for more of what they have in store.
Like I said we're bored when we can't see you
dance on the floor, under the stage and scream for more.
This is the sunlight that brightens up my day.
Stepping up on stage when everything feels dull and gray.
And we can't keep this inside, how we're feeling this time.
You're half of it so we cannot quit,
keep building it up with brick after brick.
This is the sunlight that brightens up my day.
Stepping up on stage when everything feels dull and gray.
And we can't keep this inside, how we're feeling this time.
You're half of it so we cannot quit,
keep building it up with brick after brick.
This is the sunlight that brightens up my day.
Stepping up on stage when everything feels dull and gray.
And we can't keep this inside, how we're feeling this time.
You're half of it so we cannot quit,
keep building it up with brick after brick after brick.
07 Hertz Island Escapades (02:40)
As I pull myself together
For the first time in a minute
I think about some of my friends
Who have left this time, this route
And as I lay me down to sleep
For the 10,000th time in my life
I realize what I've got
And what I have to cherish
I remember the days, I remember the place
And I remember your ways and I can still see your happy face
I remember the days, I remember the place
I remember your ways and I can still see the smile on your face
As I pull myself together for the second time in a minute
I think about the times we had rehearsing in
Pete's bedroom and his Dad came in really mad
When we're drinking beer and skating at Ängskolan
Sneaking away, smoking cigarettes
Cause none of us could think of death
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